World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday, November 18, 1941
Day 810

November 18, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "U.S. Navy's Prize Ship a German"
(USS Omaha CL-4 and USS Somers DD-381 capture the German freighter Odenwald. This was the first German ship captured by the U.S. Navy.)


November 18, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in column 8: "Eagles' Leader Killed"


November 18, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Udet, German World War Ace, Killed Testing New Weapon"
(The Nazi propaganda apparatus covering-up the truth. Udet committed suicide.)


November 18, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 4: "Communism Is Denounced By U.S. Catholics"
Also note the report in column 1: "Hold Roustabout In Elephant Case"


November 18, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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November 18, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Besetzte Ostgebiete in Zivilverwaltung - Rosenberg Reichsminister - Reichskommissariate Ostland und Ukraine.
(Occupied Eastern Territories in Civil Administration - Rosenberg Reich Minister - Reich Commissariats Ostland and Ukraine.)


November 18, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der Aufbau im Osten beginnt - Alfred Rosenberg - Reichsminister für die besetzten Ostgebiete.
(The construction in the east begins - Alfred Rosenberg - Reich Minister for the occupied eastern territories.)



   
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